EP2102397B1 - Cut-resistant yarns - Google Patents

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EP2102397B1
EP2102397B1 EP07852641A EP07852641A EP2102397B1 EP 2102397 B1 EP2102397 B1 EP 2102397B1 EP 07852641 A EP07852641 A EP 07852641A EP 07852641 A EP07852641 A EP 07852641A EP 2102397 B1 EP2102397 B1 EP 2102397B1
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    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
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    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01D—MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS
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    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01F—CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
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    • D01F6/605—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from homopolycondensation products from polyamides from aromatic polyamides
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    • D01—NATURAL OR MAN-MADE THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING
    • D01F—CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS
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    • D01F6/74—Monocomponent artificial filaments or the like of synthetic polymers; Manufacture thereof from homopolycondensation products from polycondensates of cyclic compounds, e.g. polyimides, polybenzimidazoles
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    • D02—YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
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  • the present invention relates to the field of cut-resistant yarns and protective fabrics and garments made therefrom.
  • Cut-resistant yarns are used for making fabrics which resist abrasion, cutting, tearing, penetration and puncture. Such fabrics can be used to manufacture protective garments for workers in various industries working with abrasive materials or sharp objects, as well as for police and military personnel requiring protection against stabbing implements and projectiles.
  • Cut-resistant yarns can be made from glass, mineral fibres, steel, but increasingly, synthetic polymer fibres are being employed, because they provide excellent cut-resistance, while offering a weight advantage, and a look and feel in the finished fabric that is similar if not identical to regular fabric.
  • Polymers that are used for cut-resistant yarns include, for example, polyamides (e.g. p - and m -aramids), polyolefins (e.g. polyethylene), and polyazoles (e.g. PBO ), and PIPD (poly-diimidazol pyridinylene dihydroxy phenylene, "M5").
  • Yarns made from synthetic polymer fibres are made using various spinning processes, all of which involve the use of a spinneret having multiple small openings, through which a concentrated solution or suspension of the polymer (or molten polymer) is sprayed or extruded. After extrusion, the polymer solidifies (and consolidates) into filaments, which are then spun into a multifilament yarn.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,078,034 discloses a method called "air gap spinning" in which a solution of an aromatic polyamide is extruded from a spinneret into an air gap (approximately 9 mm) before passing into a coagulating bath.
  • air gap spinning in which a solution of an aromatic polyamide is extruded from a spinneret into an air gap (approximately 9 mm) before passing into a coagulating bath.
  • the solution consists of 15-25 % by weight p- aramid in concentrated H 2 SO 4 and the coagulating solution contains ⁇ 20 wt% aqueous H 2 SO 4 , at a temperature which is adjusted to below 35°C for this quenching step.
  • a concentrated solution of m -aramid in an amide solvent such as N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) is extruded from a spinneret into an aqueous coagulation bath.
  • DMA N,N-dimethylacetamide
  • the holes in the spinneret head are chosen to produce filaments of the desired number and diameter.
  • Filaments can be extended in air or gas before solidification (often referred to as "spin-stretch"), and/or in a liquid during the quenching/solidification process, and in many products by drawing after the filaments have been initially quenched or solidified. Drawing the filaments will reduce the average diameter.
  • Multiple filaments are spun together to produce a yarn having a final linear density that is a sum of the linear density of each of the filaments.
  • US-A-6 153 545 relates to a fabric woven from a multifilament yarn which is a mixture of coarse filaments having a linear density of 5.5 to 8 dtex and fine filaments having a linear density of 2.5 to 4 dtex.
  • EP-A-1 424 412 describes the manufacture of continuous fibers having finer and coarser texture in a spinning process.
  • US-A-4 605 365 discloses a melt-spinning apparatus for polyester filaments comprising orifices of two different diameters.
  • WO-A-00/08410 pertains to cut-resistant articles made of microfilaments of aromatic polyamides.
  • JP-A-58 013714 relates to a wet spinning nozzle having spinning holes with different diameters.
  • the inventors have found that if filaments having different deniers are spun together into a single yarn, the resulting yarn has excellent cut-and abrasion-resistance.
  • the invention provides a yarn, comprising:
  • the invention provides a yarn, comprising:
  • the invention provides a cut-resistant fabric comprising the yarn of the invention.
  • the invention provides a cut-resistant garment made using the cut-resistant fabric of the invention.
  • UHMWPE ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene
  • M5 polypyridobisimidazole, represented by the formula: dpf: denier per filament Da: Dalton, unit of molecular weight
  • filament is defined as a relatively flexible, macroscopically homogeneous body having a high ratio of length to width across its cross-sectional area perpendicular to its length.
  • the filament cross section can be any shape, but is typically circular.
  • filament is used interchangeably with the term “filament”:
  • Diameter in reference to a filament is the diameter of the smallest circle that can be drawn to circumscribe the entire cross-section of the filament. In reference to a hole in a spinneret, it refers to the smallest circle that can be drawn to circumscribe the hole.
  • capillary and "extrusion hole” are used interchangeably to mean the holes through which polymer is extruded in the formation of filaments.
  • the yarns of the invention having mixed average diameter filaments, show increased cut- and abrasion-resistance, as compared to conventional yarns comprising filaments of a single average diameter. It is believed that the mixed diameter arrangement has excellent cut- and abrasion-resistance for two main reasons:
  • the inventors have chosen to refer to the yarns of the invention as being made of filaments having different average diameters.
  • the expression "average diameter” can be replaced with the expression “linear density” for an alternate definition of the yarns of the invention. It is equally possible to refer to the yarns of the invention as being made up of filaments having different linear densities.
  • the yarns of the invention may be referred to as "mixed filament yarns", “mixed denier yarns” and/or "mixed dtex yarns”.
  • average diameter of a filament can be converted to linear density approximately as shown below: Relationship between average diameter of filament and linear density for p -aramid Average diameter of filament (microns) Approximate equivalent linear density in dTex (denier per filament (dPf) 8 0.78 (0.7) 12 1.67 (1.5) 16 3 (2.7)
  • the yarns of the present invention may be made with filaments made from any polymer that produces a high-strength fibre, including, for example,'polyamides, polyolefins, polyazoles, and mixtures of these.
  • aramid is preferred.
  • aramid is meant a polyamide wherein at least 85% of the amide (-CONH-) linkages are attached directly to two aromatic rings.
  • Suitable aramid fibres are described in Man-Made Fibres - Science and Technology, Volume 2, Section titled Fibre-Forming Aromatic Polyamides, page 297, W. Black et al., Interscience Publishers, 1968 .
  • Aramid fibres and their production are, also, disclosed in U.S. Patents 4,172,938 ; 3,869,429 ; 3,819,587 ; 3,673,143 ; 3,354,127 ; and 3,094,511 .
  • the preferred aramid is a para-aramid.
  • the preferred para-aramid is poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) which is called PPD-T.
  • PPD-T is meant the homopolymer resulting from mole-for-mole polymerization of p-phenylene diamine and terephthaloyl chloride and, also, copolymers resulting from incorporation of small amounts of other diamines with the p-phenylene diamine and of small amounts of other diacid chlorides with the terephthaloyl chloride.
  • PPD-T means copolymers resulting from incorporation of other aromatic diamines and other aromatic diacid chlorides such as, for example, 2,6-naphthaloyl chloride or chloro- or dichloroterephthaloyl chloride or 3,4'-diaminodiphenylether.
  • Additives can be used with the aramid and it has been found that up to as much as 10 percent or more, by weight, of other polymeric material can be blended with the aramid.
  • Copolymers can be used having as much as 10, percent or more of other diamine substituted for the diamine of the aramid or as much as 10 percent or more of other diacid chloride substituted for the diacid chloride or the aramid.
  • polyethylene is meant a predominantly linear polyethylene material of preferably more than one million molecular weight that may contain minor amounts of chain branching or comonomers not exceeding 5 modifying units per 100 main chain carbon atoms, and that may also contain admixed therewith not more than about 50 weight percent of one or more polymeric additives such as alkene-1-polymers, in particular low density polyethylene, propylene, and the like, or low molecular weight additives such as anti-oxidants, lubricants, ultra-violet screening agents, colorants and the like which are commonly incorporated.
  • polymeric additives such as alkene-1-polymers, in particular low density polyethylene, propylene, and the like, or low molecular weight additives such as anti-oxidants, lubricants, ultra-violet screening agents, colorants and the like which are commonly incorporated.
  • ECPE extended chain polyethylene
  • UHMWPE ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
  • Preparation of polyethylene fibers is discussed in U.S. Patents 4,228.118 , 4,276,348 and Japanese Patents 60-047,922B .
  • High molecular weight linear polyolefin fibres are commercially available.
  • Preparation of polyolefin fibres is discussed in U.S. 4,457,985 .
  • suitable polyazoles are polybenzazoles, polypyridazoles and polyoxadiaoles.
  • suitable polyazoles include homopolymers and, also, copolymers. Additives can be used with the polyazoles and up to as much as 10 percent, by weight, of other polymeric material can be blended with the polyazoles. Also copolymers can be used having as much as 10 percent or more of other monomer substituted for a monomer of the polyazoles.
  • Suitable polyazole homopolymers and copolymers can be made by known procedures, such as those described in U.S. Patents 4,533,693 (to Wolfe et al. on Aug. 6, 1985 ), 4,703,103 (to Wolfe et al. on Oct.
  • Preferred polybenzazoles are polyzimidazoles, polybenxothiazoles, and polybenzoxazoles. If the polybenzazole is a polyzimidazoles, preferably it is poly[5,5'-bi-1H-benzimidazole]-2,2'-diyl-1,3-phenylene which is called PBI. If the polybenzazole is a polybenxothiazole, preferably it is a polybenxobisthiazole and more preferably it is poly(benxo[1,2-d:4,5-d']bisthiazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-pherie which is called PBT.
  • the polybenzazole is a polybenzoxazole, preferably it is a polybenzobisoxazole and more preferably it is poly(benzo[1,2-d:4,5-d'Jbisoxazole-2,6-diyl-1,4-phenylene which is called PBO.
  • Preferred polypyridazoles are rigid rod polypyridobisazoles including poly(pyridobisimidazole), poly(pyridobisthiazole), and poly(pyridobisozazole).
  • the preferred poly(pyridobisozazole) is poly(1,4-(2,5-dihydroxy)phenylene-2,6-pyrido[2,3-d:5,6-d']bisimidazole which is called M5.
  • Suitable polypyridobisazoles can be made by known procedures, such as those described in U.S. Patent 5,674,969 .
  • Preferred polyoxadiaoles include polyoxadizaole homopolymers and copolymers in which at least 50% on a molar basis of the chemical units between coupling functional groups are cyclic aromatic or heterocyclic aromatic ring units.
  • a preferred polyoxadizaole is Oxalon®.
  • the continuous filament mixed diameter yarns of the invention are made using a spinneret having holes of different diameters. Holes of smaller diameter will yield lower diameter filaments, and holes of larger diameter will yield larger diameter filaments.
  • the arrangement of the larger holes with respect to the smaller holes in the spinneret is not of particular importance, however, it is advantageous to have smaller diameter filaments sandwiched between larger diameter filaments, as this maximizes rolling action of the filaments.
  • the arrangement of holes in the spinneret is in the form of concentric circles, the whole forming a large circular array of holes. The holes toward the centre of the array are the smaller diameter holes, and those towards the circumference of the array are the larger diameter holes.
  • FIGS 2A-E and 4 Examples of different kinds of spinneret hole arrangements are shown in Figures 2A-E and 4 .
  • the arrangement shown in Figure 4 has filaments arranged in concentric order from the centre as follows: medium capillaries then small ones then medium again and finally large capillaries at the periphery. This provides a very stable yarn in terms of segregation and stability during processing. The smaller filaments are "squeezed" in the two layers of larger ones. The pressure distribution in this configuration is more favorable to spinning without dripping.
  • the cross-section of the filaments used in the yarn of the invention may be, for example, circular, elliptical, multi-lobed, "star-shaped” (refers to an irregular shape having a plurality of arms coming off a central body), and trapezoidal.
  • the holes in the spinneret are chosen according to the desired filament diameter and cross-section.
  • the "linear density" of the filament is determined by the rate (mass/time) at which polymer is extruded through a spinneret hole vs. the rate (speed, or linear distance/time) at which the filament is produced.
  • the size (diameter) of the filament is a function of the polymer density and the fiber "linear density”.
  • the number of holes in a spinneret (or section of a spinneret) is determined by the number of filaments desired in the final fiber bundle ("linear density" of which is the sum of the individual filaments contained therein).
  • the size and shape of each hole in the spinneret is influenced by the pressure-drop, shear, spin-stretch, and orientation needed to produce the desired filament diameter.
  • the smaller holes have a diameter of between at or about 35-65 microns, more preferably at or about 50 microns, and the larger holes have a diameter between at or about 60 to 90 microns, more preferably at or about 64 microns.
  • the ratio between the diameter of the larger holes to that of the smaller holes is at or about 1.2 to at or about 3, more preferably at or about 1.3 to 2.5.
  • a spinneret may be used, for example, in which the holes are in the following ranges: smallest 35 to 65 microns (preferably 45-55 microns), medium 64-80 microns, largest 75 to 90 microns.
  • the spinneret is made of material suited to the polymer or polymer solution or suspension that will be spun.
  • preferred material are tantalum, tantalum-tungsten alloys, and gold-platinum(rhodium) alloys.
  • Other materials which may be used include high grade stainless steels [i.e. with a high chromium (> 15 wt %) and/or nickel (> 30 wt %) content], such as Hastelloy® C-276, ceramics and nanostructures made with ceramics.
  • p -Aramid spinnerets may also be made from mixed materials, such as pure tantalum clad on a tantalum-tungsten alloy.
  • Materials other than tantalum can be used for the cladding layer so long as they have the required corrosion resistance and annealed yield strengths of less than 30,000 psi (2,110 kg/cm 2 ).
  • suitable materials listed in order of increasing hardness, are gold, M-metal (90% gold/10% rhodium by weight), C-metal (69.5% gold/30% platinum/0.5% rhodium by weight), D-metal (59.9% gold/40.0% platinum/0.1% rhenium by weight), and Z-metal (50.0% gold/49.0% platinum/1.0% rhodium by weight). The latter was substantially the same hardness as tantalum. Also suitable is a 75% gold/25% platinum alloy.
  • the polymer is extruded, either as a solution, suspension or melt, through the spinneret, and the resulting filaments are spun into yarn and treated in a manner suitable for the particular polymer.
  • the mixed dtex yarns of the invention can be made by "off-line assembly", that is, the different denier filaments can be assembled after spinning.
  • off-line assembly is less preferred than direct spinning (i.e. using a spinneret having different size holes to produce directly a yarn having mixed dtex filaments), since it can lead to segregation of the filaments of different diameters, resulting in a nonhomogeneous yarn which has less resistance to attacking forces.
  • a group of filaments may be classified as having the same average diameter if the deviation of the average diameter of any filament in the group from the average is less than at or about 0.4 micron.
  • two sizes of filaments make up the yarn.
  • the smaller filaments have an average diameter in the range of at or about 8 to 22 microns
  • the larger filaments have an average diameter in the range of at or about 16 to 32 microns. Although these ranges overlap, it is understood that the smaller and larger filaments are chosen to have different average diameters, such that the average diameter of the smaller filaments is smaller than the average diameter of the larger filaments.
  • included in the invention is a yarn having smaller filaments with average diameter of at or about 8 microns together with larger filaments having average diameter of at or about 16 microns, and a yarn having smaller filaments with average diameter of at or about 22 microns together with larger filaments having average diameter of at or about 32 microns.
  • the smaller filaments In yarns consisting of two sizes of filaments, it is preferred that the smaller filaments not differ from the larger filaments by more than a factor of at or about 2, more preferably not more than a factor of at or about 1.5. If the filaments differ too much in size, segregation can occur, leading to nonhomogeneity and reduced cut-resistance.
  • the ratio of the diameter of the larger filaments to the smaller filaments is at or about 1.3-1.5.
  • the second plurality of filaments make up from at or about 20 to 60 % (by number) of the filaments in the yarn
  • the first plurality of filaments i.e. smaller diameter
  • the larger diameter filaments make up from at or about 45 to 55 % (by number) of the filaments in the yarn
  • the smaller diameter filaments make up from at or about 45 to 55 % (by number) of the filaments in the yarn.
  • three sizes of filaments make up the yarn.
  • the smallest filaments have an average diameter in the range of at or about 4 to 10 microns (more preferably at or about 6 to 9 microns)
  • the medium filaments have an average diameter in the range of at or about 10 to 13 microns
  • the largest filaments have an average diameter in the range of at or about 14 to 18 microns.
  • an advantageous result is obtained with a yarn made up of filaments having the following average diameters: 8, 12 and 16 microns.
  • the ratio of the average diameter of smallest : medium : largest is at or about 2:6:8, more preferably at or about 2:3:4.
  • the third plurality of filaments i.e. the largest
  • the second plurality of filaments i.e. the medium
  • the first plurality of filaments i.e. the smallest
  • the yarn of the invention is made up of four, five, six or more sizes of filaments.
  • the yarn of the invention consists of a largest filament or group of filaments (e.g. average diameter of at or about 15-40 microns) and a smallest filament or group of filaments (e.g. average diameter of at or about 4-25 microns) wherein the largest filament (or group of filaments) and the smallest filament (or group of filaments) have different average diameters, and a plurality of filaments having average diameters distributed between the average diameter of the largest filament and the smallest filament.
  • very high packing densities > 90%
  • the size of the holes in the spinneret influences the average diameter of the extruded filaments.
  • the tension used to draw the filaments also influences the average diameter of the filaments and the characteristics of the finished yarn. Drawing reduces the average diameter of the filaments.
  • spin-stretch in p-aramids in which the filament is set in the coagulation batch and drawing ratio when referring to a fiber such as UHMWPE which is extended substantially after the fiber is quenched.
  • High drawing ratio achievable with UHMWPE can reach up to 50-100 times.
  • p- aramid a typical spin-stretch ratio is approximately 2 to 14.
  • the filaments making up the yarns of the invention may have a substantially circular cross-section.
  • a circular cross-section maximizes the "rolling" of the filaments with respect to each other, thus maximizing cut-resistance.
  • a circular cross-section also maximizes the packing density, also beneficial for cut-resistance.
  • the cross-section of the filaments may be elliptical. It is also possible for the smaller filaments to be circular in cross-section and the large filaments to be elliptical in cross-section, or vice versa.
  • the cross-section of the filaments is influenced by the shape of the holes in the spinneret, with round holes resulting in a circular cross-section, and elliptical holes resulting in an elliptical cross-section.
  • m- aramid e.g. Nomex ®
  • filaments typically have a two-lobe "dog-bone” shape when dry spun, or are multi-lobed, or "star shaped” when wet spun, since the skin is solidified before the solvent is extracted from the core, and the contracted area does not "fill" the perimeter.
  • the yarn of the invention preferably has a tenacity of at or about 13.5 to 36.0 g/dtex (1,5 to 40 g/denier), more preferably at or about 22.5 to 31,5 g/dtex (25 to 35 g/denier).
  • the yarn of the invention preferably has an elongation at break of at or about 1.5 to 15 %, more preferably at or about 2 to 4%.
  • the yarn of the invention preferably has a modulus of elasticity of at or about 5 to 450 N/tex, more preferably at or about 50 to 400 N/tex.
  • the yarn of the invention has a tenacity of at or about 25 to 35 g/denier, an elongation at break of from at or about 2 to 4%, and a modulus of elasticity of from at or about 50 to 400 N/tex.
  • the number of filaments making up the yarn of the invention is not limited, and depends on the end-use, and the linear density required in the final yarn. Typical yarns comprise from 16 to 1500 total filaments. In a preferred embodiment, the total number of filaments in the yarn is 276, of which 45-55% (in number) are the smaller filaments and 45-55% (in number) are the larger filaments.
  • yarns of the invention having a third plurality of filaments, with greater average diameter than the first and second plurality of filaments an example would be 276 total filaments in the yarn, with 25-50% (by number) being the smallest filaments, 25-50% (by number) being the medium filaments and 15-35% (by number) being the largest filaments.
  • the yarn of the invention preferably has a maximum possible packing density of at or about 80 to 95%, more preferably at or about 90 to 95%.
  • Cross section and packing density can be measured by immobilizing the fibre under a relatively small tension in an epoxy resin placed in a cylindrical mould perforated at the bottom to allow passage of the fibre flow of the resin.
  • the molded sample is then cured at room temperature for 12 hours.
  • the sample is then frozen in liquid nitrogen for one minute and a cut transverse to the fibre axis is made to realize image analysis and diameter measurement and void ratio evaluation under SEM microscope enlargement.
  • the sample preparation used is well know for scanning microscopy except that polishing is avoided.
  • Packing density is influenced by the relative diameters (i.e. linear density) of the filaments, and the ratio of the number of first plurality of filaments (i.e. smaller) to the number of the second plurality of filaments (i.e. larger).
  • Yarns having a ratio of first plurality of filaments to second plurality of filaments of at or about 0.5 i.e. 50% by number smaller filaments and 50% by number larger filaments
  • a large difference in average diameter between the filaments large:small at or about 2
  • yarns made in the "continuous" embodiment also have high packing densities.
  • the yarn of the invention is particularly suited to making cut-, abrasion- and penetration-resistant fabrics; having excellent comfort characteristics. Such fabrics may be made by braiding, knitting or weaving techniques known in the art. Fabrics made from the yarns of the invention may be used for making cut-, abrasion- and penetration-resistant garments, for example, gloves, footwear, coveralls, trousers and shirts, as well as parts of garments that require particular cut-, abrasion- and penetration-resistance, such as the palms of gloves, cuffs of trousers, coveralls or shirts. Such articles may be coated with various resins and elastomers.
  • yarns of the invention may be incorporated in unidirectional protective structures, in which largely unidirectional (parallel) yarns are imbedded or partially imbedded in an immobilizing medium, such as a resin and elastomers.
  • an immobilizing medium such as a resin and elastomers.
  • Denier is determined according to ASTM D 1577 and is the linear density of a fibre as expressed as weight in grams of 9000 meters of fibre. The denier can be measured on a Vibroscope from Textechno of Kunststoff, Germany. Denier times (10/9) is equal to decitex (dtex).
  • a yarn according to the invention was made using as polymer a batch solution preparation of poly-para-phenylene terephthalamide containing 4.5 kg of polymer. 18.6 kg of acid were pumped into a mixer and cooled to -22°C while being agitated to form a frozen slush in a nitrogen atmosphere (12). One-half to one-third of the polymer was initially added and mixed for ten minutes before the remaining amount of polymer was added. The jacket surrounding the mixer was then heated to 87°C (14). Once the solution had maintained that temperature for an hour and a half, the mixer agitator and the vacuum pump were shut off, and the mixer was pressurized to 1.7 bar (absolute) with nitrogen.
  • a 5 cm 3 meter pump (16) was used to transfer the solution through a flow plate (22) and a screen pack (20), shown in Figure 3 at (18), to the spinning process, which operated at 460 m/min.
  • a 276 hole spinneret (24), shown in Figure 4 was used to spin the yarn.
  • the spinneret had 46 holes with a 76 ⁇ capillary diameter (24a), 115 holes with a 64 ⁇ capillary diameter (24b), 115 holes with a 51 ⁇ capillary diameter (24c), and the hole arrangement is shown in Figure 4 .
  • the filaments were spun through a 6 mm air gap (26) before entering a 3°C quench bath (28) water and passing through a quench jet (30) (6.4 mm diameter radial jet with a 0.2 mm gap).
  • the jet and tray flows for the quench bath were set to 2.3 l/min. and 5.3 l/min. respectively.
  • the yarn was quenched, it was conveyed to an acid wash of water (32). There were 30 wraps on a pair of 113 mm diameter rolls (34) with a centreline spacing of 445 mm.
  • the water flow was 15 l/min. and the tension was between 0.7 and 1.0 g/denier (0.0.8 and 1.1 g/dtex).
  • the yarn moved on to a further wash cabinet (36) where there were also 30 wraps on a pair of rolls with the same diameter and centreline spacing as the acid wash rolls.
  • the first half of the wash cabinet was a caustic wash (38) (consisting of sodium hydroxide solution), and the second half was a water wash (40).
  • the strong and dilute caustic flows or the caustic wash were each 7.5 l/min., and the tension was between 0.55 and 0.89 g/dtex (0.55 and 0.89 g/denier) .
  • the yarn was then dried at 311°C with 34 wraps on a pair of 160 mm diameter rolls (42) with a centreline spacing of 257 mm. After the yarn was dried, a finish was applied (44) and it was wound on a packaging roll (46).
  • the inventive sample was made from a yarn of 444 dtex (400 denier) out of a spinneret as depicted in Figure 4 , as follows:
  • the yarn was knitted to yield a sample of areal density of about 400 g/m 2 .
  • control sample was made using yarn made exactly as specified above, but the spinneret had only one size hole and yielded only 1.67 dtex/filament (1.5 dpf) (about 12 micron in diameter) filaments
  • the resulting yarn was 444 dtex (400) denier and consisted exclusively of 1.67 dtex/filament (1.5 dpf) filaments.
  • the yarn was knitted to yield a sample of areal density of about 400 g/m 2 .
  • the abrasive cut testing procedure was based on the EN388:1994 1 current procedure, which was modified in terms of the weight force applied onto the circular blade, i.e. instead of a 5N equivalent force a 2.9N equivalent force was applied, thereby permitting an increased number of cut cycles, which promotes abrasion
  • a cut level was computed, whereby a cut level between 0 to 5 was determined, 0 being the lowest achievable cut protection level, and 5 being the highest.
  • the inventive sample required more than 300 cycles to cut through, whereas the control one made of 100% identical filaments required less than 150 cycles to cut through.

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